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Private lives of UK's big cats

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Published Date: 27 December 2006
TWELVE lions, 14 tigers and 50 leopards are being kept by licensed private owners in Britain, researchers say.
There were also almost 500 assorted monkeys and 2000 ostriches in private ownership as well as more than 250 poisonous snakes.

The Big Cats in Britain research group said it approached 408 local authorities to discover how many of the wild animals were being kept by licensed private keepers.



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  • Last Updated: 27 December 2006 11:11 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Big cats
 
1

petrol head,

Edinburgh 27/12/2006 13:53:47

So what? They are licenced owners. Local authorities are hardly likely to grant a licence to a ned to keep a tiger in a council flat. Well, hopefully not anyway...

I think that it is safe to assume that the animals are well-cared for and kept with the requisite degree of safety and security. Doing this probably isn't cheap either.

2

wildwes,

usa 27/12/2006 19:16:27

and what is the big deal with that


 

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